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MEMORIAL, 



ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION. 



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OF THE 



National Lincoln Monument Association. 



ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION. 



AND 



BY-LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS 



OF THE 






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ORGANIZED AT SPRINGFIELD, ILL., MAY 11, 1865. 



SPRINGFIELD : 

STEAM PRESS OF BAKER & PHILLIPS. 
1865. 



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LINCOLNIANA 



ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION. 



We, Richard J. Oglesby, Sharon Tyndale, 0. H. Miner, James H. Bever- 
idge, Newton Bateman, John T. Stuart, Samuel H. Treat, Jesse K. Dubois, 
0. M. Hatch, James C. Conkling, Thomas J. Dennis, John Williams, Jacob 
Bunn, S. H. Melvin, David L. Phillips, all being of full age, and citizens of 
the United States, and of the State of Illinois, certify that we do hereby 
associate ourselves under and by virtue of an act of the General Assembly 
of the State of Illinois, entitled "An act for the incorporation of Benevo- 
lent, Educational, Literary, Musical, Scientific and Missionary Societies, 
including societies formed for Mutual Improvement, or for the promotion of 
the Arts," approved February 24, 1859, by the following name and for the 
purpose herein specified. 

ARTICLE I. 

This association shall be called "The National Lincoln Monument Asso- 
ciation," and be located at Springfield, State of Illinois, and shall contin- 
ue in existence for the term of twenty years. 

ARTICLE II. 

The object of this association shall be to construct a Monument to the 
memory of Abraham Lincoln, in the city of Springfield, State of Illinois. 

ARTICLE III. 

The following persons shall be the directors of this association during 
the first year of its existence: Richard J. Oglesby, Sharon Tyndale, 0. H. 
Miner, James H. Beveridge, Newton Bateman, John T. Stuart, Jesse K. Du- 
bois, 0. M. Hatch, James C. Conkling, Thomas J. Dennis, John Williams, 
Jacob Bunn, S. H. Melvin, Samuel H. Treat, David L. Phillips. 



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In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands and seals, this 11th 
day of May, 1865. 

RICHARD J. OGLESBY, [seal. 

SHARON TYNDALE, [seal. 

ORLIN H. MINER, [seal. 

NEWTON BATEMAN, [seal. 

JOHN T. STUART, [seal. 

S. H. TREAT, [seal. 

JESSE K. DUBOIS, [seal. 

0. M. HATCH, [seal. 

JAMES C. CONKLING, [seal. 

S. H. MELVIN, [seal. 

JOHN WILLIAMS, [seal. 

JAMES H. BEVERIDGE, [seal. 

JACOB BUNN, [seal. 

THOMAS J. DENNIS, [seal. 

DAVID L. PHILLIPS, [seal. 
STATE OF ILLINOIS, 
City of Springfield. 
Before the undersigned, a Notary Public, within and for the city afore- 
said, on this 11th day of May, a. d. 1865, personally appeared Richard J. 
Oglesby, Sharon Tyndale, Orlin H. Miner, Newton Bateman, John T. Stuart, 
Samuel H. Treat, Jesse K. Dubois, Ozias M. Hatch, James C. Conkling, 
Samuel H. Melvin, John Williams, James H. Beveridge, Jacob Bunn, Thom- 
as J. Dennis, and David L. Phillips, the parties named in the foregoing ar- 
ticle of association, and whose genuine signatures were affixed thereto in 
my presence, and severally acknowledged the execution thereof to be their 
free and voluntary act and deed for the purposes therein expressed. 

Witness my hand and seal notarial, the day and year above 
[seal.] written. 

HALL WILSON, N, P. 



BY-LAWS AND REGULATIONS. 



ARTICLE I. 



Section 1, The stated meetings of the association shall be held in the 
State Library Room on Thursday of each week, at 4 o'clock p. m., until 
otherwise ordered. Special meetings may be called by the President, or, in 
his absence, by the Vice President, and by the Executive Committee, of 
which special meetings all the directors shall be duly notified by the Secre- 
tary. A majority of the directors shall be a quorum for business, 

Sec, 2. The stated annual meeting of the association shall be held on the 
second Thursday of May in each year. 

ARTICLE II. 



Sec. 1. The officers of the Association shall be a President, Yice PresU 
dent, Secretary and Treasurer, who shall hold their offices for one year, 
and until their successors are elected and qualified, unless sooner removed 
by the Association. All officers shall be elected at the stated annual meet-, 
ing, and the votes of a majority of the board of corporators shall elect. 

Sec 2. The President shall perform all the duties usually devolving 
upon a presiding officer. He shall appoint all special committees, unless 
otherwise ordered by the board of directors. He shall sign all orders upon 
the Treasurer, when such orders have been authorized by the directors, 
In his absence the Vice President shall assume the duties and have the 
powers of the President ; and, in the absence of the Vice President, the 
directors shall appoint a President, pro tempore, who, in like manner, shall 
have the powers and perform the duties of President. 

Sec 3. The Secretary shall keep a faithful record of the proceedings of 
t\\e Association, and shall perform all other duties usually devolving upon. 



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that officer. He shall countersign, and keep a record of all receipts for 
moneys issued by the Treasurer, and shall also countersign all orders drawn 
on the Treasurer, In his absence the directors shall appoint a Secretary, 
pro tempore, who shall have all the powers and perform all the duties of 
Secretary. 

Sec. 4. The Treasurer shall receive, and have the custody of all funds 
contributed for the objects of the Association, and shall not pay out any 
of said funds except upon orders drawn on him by the President, and coun- 
tersigned by the Secretary. He shall report in writing, the amount of 
funds received, paid out, and remaining on hand, as often as may be re- 
quired by the Association, He shall give bond, with such securities as the 
Association may approve, for the faithful discharge of the duties of his office. 

• ARTICLE III. 

COMMITTEES. 

Sec 1. The standing committees of the Association shall be as follows; 
An Executive Committee, of three members; and an Auditing Committee, 
of three members; and other standing committees may be appointed by the 
directors, when, in their judgment, the same shall be necessary. The 
standing committees appointed during the first year, shall hereafter be 
elected or appointed at the stated annual meeting, in the same manner, and 
for the same time as the officers of the Association are elected. A majori- 
ty of each committee shall be a quorum for business. 

Sec. 2. No committee of this body shall incur any pecuniary obligation 
in the name of the Association, without due authority conferred by the 
corporation. 

ARTICLE IV. 

DUTIES OF COMMITTEES. 

Sec. 1. The Executive Committee shall have power, and it shall be 
their duty, to act jn the name and by the authority of the Association, upon 
all such matters and questions as may arise in the prosecution of, or be 
necessary to the success of the Lincoln Monument enterprise, except in re- 
lation to the disposition or use of the funds of the Association, and such 
other matters as require the corporate authority and sanction of the Asso- 
ciation as such, and which cannot properly be delegated to a committee. 

Sec 2. The Auditing Committee shall examine all bills and accounts 
against the Association, and shall duly certify such as are found to be cor- 
rect. 

Sec 3. Each standing committee shall leport its transactions in full and 
in writing, at every stated meeting of the Association, 



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ARTICLE V. 

ORDER OP BUSINESS. 

Sec. 1. Until otherwise directed, the regular order of business at each 
stated meeting shall be as follows : 

1. Reading Minutes. 

2. Reports of Special Committees. 

3. Reports of Standing Committees. 

4. Treasurer's Report. 

5. Communications. 

6. Motions and Resolutions. . 
V. Unfinished Business: 

8. General Business. 

ARTICLE VI. 

HONORARY MEMBERS. 

Sec. 1. Any person may become an honorary member of this Associa- 
tion by the payment of ten dollars to its funds, which will entitle him to 
an appropriate certificate of such membership. 

ARTICLE VII. 

VACANCIES, etc. 

Sec 1. All vacancies in the offices, directors or corporators, may be 
filled at any stated meeting by a vote of the Association, a majority of the 
votes cast being necessary to a choice. 

Sec. 2. All resolutions shall be presented in writing, and motions shall 
be reduced to writing when requested by the President or Secretary. 

Sec 3. These by-laws and regulations may be altered, amended or re- 
pealed at any stated meeting, by a vote of two-thirds of all the directors 
present. 



OFFICERS. 



Gov. RICHARD J. OGLESBY President. 

Hon. JESSE K. DUBOIS, Vice President. 

Hon. JAMES H. BEVERIDGE, Treasurer. 

GLINTON L> GONKLING, Secretary. 



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JOHN WILLIAMS, 

SAMUEL H. TREAT, )■ Executive Committee. 

JACOB BUNN, 



0. H. MINER, ) 

0. M. HATCH, \ Auditing Committee. 

«k H MELVIN,) 



MEMORIAL, 



To the Honorable t7ie Senate and House of Representatives of tlie General 
Assembly of the State of Illinois : 

The undersigned, members of the National Lincoln Monument Asso- 
ciation, would respectfully .represent : That when it was first made 
known that Abraham Lincoln had fallen by the hands of a foul assassin, 
amid the all-prevailing grief inspired by that event, there was assembled 
a public meeting of the people of the city of Springfield, and of Sanga- 
mon county— the old neighbors and friends of Mr. Lincoln, without dis- 
tinction of party. That meeting gave utterance to its profound sympathy 
in view of the calamity that had befallen the nation, by a series of reso- 
lutions, and appointed a committee to aid in arranging for the interment 
of his remains with appropriate honors. 

That committee, composed mostly of his old political friends, and al- 
together of personal friends, who had long known, loved and honored 
him living ; and, to the extent above indicated, representing those living 
where he had struggled with poverty and obscurity, and risen to be the 
leader of a great party, and then the honored chief of the nation, con- 
ceived, that if not germaine, it was not foreign to the task assigned them, 
to plan the erection of a monument at his home, while living and over 
his remains when dead, which should fitly illustrate his virtues and re- 
no wn, and be not unworthy of the genius, the civilization, and the dignity 
of his country and his age. 

In execution of that plan, they associated themselves into a corpora- 
tion, in pursuance of an act of the State of Illinois, entitled, "An act for 
the incorporation of Benevolent, Educational, Literary, Musical, Scien- 
tific and Missionary Societies, including societies for mutual improve- 
ment, or for the promotion of the arts," approved February 24, 1859. 
Your memorialists respectfully submit a copy of their articles of associa- 
tion, and by-laws and regulations. 

In further execution of their plan, through all channels and agencies 
seeming proper, they appealed, and do still appeal to the public for aid. 
The result of that appeal thus far may be seen in the appended state- 



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ment of collections and expenditures, showing a balance on hand of 
seventy -five thousand, eight hundred dollars, invested in Government 
and State bonds, deposited with Jacob Bunn, esq. 

Your memorialists believe their plan cannot be accomplished with a 
less sum than two hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and until the col- 
lection of that sum is more nearly approximated, they have not thought 
proper to adopt any of the numerous monumental designs submitted to 
their consideration. We therefore address ourselves to you for aid; to 
you, the representatives of the majesty and resources of the great State 
which sent him forth as a chosen son to bear aloft the flag of the Union, 
amid the storms of battle and revolution, triumphant over treason. 

It is true, the name of Abraham Lincoln is one the world will not let 
die ; that without the aid of enduring marble, History, upon her ample 
page, will preserve his name through all coming time. But the lofty 
monument, built by voluntary contributions, will attest the gratitude of 
his cotemporaries for his services, and their appreciation of his virtues, 
and will excite the emulation of youth, by showing how exalted worth 
is honored. 

Your memorialists would therefore respectfully ask your honorable 
body for such an appropriation as in your wisdom j r ou may think worthy 
of the State, and of the illustrious man whom it is propoposed to honor. 
And they will ever pray, &c. 

R. J. OGLESBY, 
JESSE K. DUBOIS, 
T. J. DENNIS, 
SAMUEL H. TREAT, 
NEWTON BATEMAN, 
JOHN T. STUART, 
JAMES C. CONKLING, 
JOHN WILLIAMS, 
O. H. MINER, 
J. H. BEVERIDGE, 
SHARON TYNDALE, 
S. H. MELVIN, 
JACOB BUNN, 
D. L. PHILLIPS, 
O. M. HATCH. 



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Treasurer's Office, 
Springfield, January 3, 1867. 

To the President of the National Lincoln Monument Association: 

Sir : I have the honor to submit the following statement, showing 
the amount of the National Lincoln Monument fund. 

The net proceeds from all sources, up to tins date, amount to the sum 
of $75,808.94, which, under the instruction of the Board of Directors, I 
have invested in securities, as follows : 

7-30 U. S. Treasury notes .$00,300.00 

Illinois Bonds of 1877 and 1879 9,000.00 

U. S. Legal Tender notes 504.74 

Mutilated currency State Bank notes 4.20 

Total $ 75,808^94 

J. H. BEVERIDGE, Treasurer. 



To the National Lincoln Monument Association : 

Your committee, to whom was referred the within report of your 
treasurer, with instructions to examine the funds, respectfully report, 
that they have examined and counted said funds, and that they find the 
same in exact accordance with the within statement. All of which is 

respectfully submitted. 

O. H. MINER, ) 

SHARON TYNDALE, - Committee. 
JOHN WILLIAMS, ) 

Springfield, January 3, 1867. 



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